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TIL that ABC cuts scenes from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ to allow for more commercials, even though it’s about the overcommercialization of Christmas

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5YQek TIL American Noah Webster is primarily responsible for the differences between American and British spelling, but many of his changes never stuck, such as medicine=medicin, ache=ake, soup=soop, tongue=tung, women=wimmen, and weather=wether
OoEQ6 TIL Victor Vescovo has reached the deepest parts of all five of the earth's oceans. He has also climbed the highest peaks on all seven continents.
jNobQ TIL Equifax hired a music major as chief security officer
PYjWe TIL the drink Ribena comes from the botanical name for the blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum
DBkJ TIL that Hugh Jackman went without water for 36 hours before filming the opening scene of “Les Mis”.